Special Educational needs and Disabilities

Redgate Community Primary School recognises every child’s right to a broad and balanced education, which gives them the opportunity to flourish through realising their full potential and making progress.

We are committed to providing full access to the curriculum by ensuring high quality teaching and differentiation to meet individual needs and to address underachievement.

We believe in equality of opportunity and we aim to create a supportive, stimulating and challenging environment that values difference and recognises the achievements of all children.

Where a pupil is identified as having additional needs we will take action to remove those barriers to their learning and to work in partnership with their parents/carers and children as part of this approach.

We recognise our duty to make arrangements to support pupils with medical conditions and to deliver their provision in a co-ordinated way in individual health care plans. 

Our school welcomes all children including children who have specific SEND: we are committed to inclusion and aim to provide equality of opportunity for all pupils. 

The school has a team of two Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinators (SENDCOs).

Miss B. Kiernan - SENDCo

Miss L. Dean - Assistant Head, Pines Lead Teacher and Assistant SENDCo

The team can be contacted via

Tel: 01704 828140

email: kiernanb@redgateprimary.com or thepines@redgateprimary.com

Family Support at Redgate

Here at Redgate we understand and value the importance of partnerships we share with our families, and so we want to offer as much support as possible. Please follow this link to our family support page.


We follow the EEF principles for supporting SEND children 

EEF_Special_Educational_Needs_in_Mainstream_Schools_Recommendations_Poster (1).pdf

Sefton Council local offer

Whole School SEND in a nutshell information

These charts show the current level of children at Redgate (including The Pines Base and Little Squirrels Nursery) who are either on a SEN Support plan or have an EHCP. The charts also show the spread of needs and compares them with the figures for all primary schools nationally and all schools nationally.

Key to the abbreviationsCandL - Cognition and LearningCandI - Communication and InteractionSEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health NeedsSandP - Sensory and PhysicalNSA - No Specific AssessmentMLD -Moderate Learning DifficultySpLD - Specific Learning DifficultySLD - Severe Learning DifficultyPMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning DifficultySLCN - Speech, Language and Communication NeedASD - Autistic Spectrum DiagnosisVI - Visual ImpairmentHI - Hearing ImpairmentMSI - Multi-Sensory ImpairmentPD - Physical DifficultyNSA - No Specialist AssessmentOTH - Other Difficulty/Disability

SIR Reports

SEND INFORMATION REPORT updated September 2023.docx

Medical Care policy

MEDICAL CARE POLICY.docx

The PINES ADMISSION Policy

Copy of The Pines Admission Criteria May 2020.doc

Care and Control policy

Care and Control policy